(a) In recognition of the Toledo Police Patrolman's Association's services (herein referred to as the T.P.P.A.) to the bargaining unit and the Toledo Police Patrolman's Association's role in helping develop a harmonious and stable labor relationship between the bargaining unit employees and the City, employees within the bargaining unit will, upon completion of the academy training period, either become members of the Toledo Police Patrolman's Association or share in the financial support of the Toledo Police Patrolman's Association by paying to the Association a service fee as established by law not to exceed the amount of dues or initiation service fees uniformly required of members of the Association.
(b) The Association shall notify non-members of their obligation to pay service fees and such notification will include the procedures for payroll deductions and direct cash payments.
(c) The City shall pursuant to O.R.C. Chapter 4117 deduct current Association dues, initiation service fees, initiation fees and equal assessments and service fees from the paychecks of employees within the bargaining unit as set forth in the recognition clause. Dues shall be deducted (in half payments) from the first two paychecks of the month for which current dues, initiation fees, initiation service fees, equal assessments or service fees (each payable in advance) are due the T.P.P.A.
(d) No other labor organization shall be afforded dues deductions.
(e) The City shall remit to the Financial Secretary of the Association, dues, service fees, initiation fees, initiation service fees or equal assessments so deducted from the paychecks of the employees covered herein by check or wire transfer at the union's discretion immediately following said withholdings. The City shall provide monthly to the T.P.P.A., a list of those members and non-members on payroll deduction.
(f) Nonpayment of service fees, initiation fees, initiation service fees, dues or other equal assessments may be pursued by the Union at its option through collection or other remedies permissible under Ohio law. The City will deduct any arrears in unpaid Association dues, service fees, initiation service fees, initiation fees and equal assessments owed to the Association, if and only if, the City has made an error in failing to deduct such dues, fees or equal assessments during a former payroll period, or if the City receives a court-ordered garnishment of wages for such fees or other court order requiring the same.
(g) Payment of dues or service fees shall not be a condition of continued employment.
(h) The Association shall indemnify and save the City harmless against any liability that may arise out of, or by reason of, any actions taken by the City for the purpose of complying with these provisions.